- Terry Fox
Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox, CC (July 28, 1958 - June 28, 1981) was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer treatment activist. He became famous for the Marathon of Hope, a cross-Canada run to raise money for cancer research, running with one prosthetic leg. He is considered one of Canada's greatest heroes of the 20th century and is celebrated internationally every September as people participate in the Terry Fox Run, … - Steve Corino
Steven Eugene (Steve) Corino (born May 29, 1973 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX and numerous independent promotions. Corino is a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion, ECW World Heavyweight Champion, and AWA World Heavyweight Champion. - Clara Hughes
Clara Hughes (born September 27, 1972 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater, and has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. She is very involved with Right To Play, an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization that uses sports to encourage the development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the world. - Cindy Klassen
Cindy Klassen (born August 12, 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian skater and Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian. Klassen is a descendant of Mennonite immigrants to Manitoba and is a graduate of Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute in Winnipeg. She started her sports career as an ice hockey player; in her youth she played for the Canadian National Youth Team. When she wasn't selected for the 1998 Winter Olympics, … - Johnny Devine
John Preston (J.P) Parsonage, better known by his ring name, "Hot Shot" Johnny Devine, is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is currently wrestling on the Canadian independent circuit and in the United States of America for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Havok. - George Knudson
George Alfred Christian Knudson, CM (June 28, 1937 - January 24, 1989) was a Canadian golfer, who still holds the record for the Canadian with the most wins ever on the PGA Tour, with eight career victories. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he learned to play golf at the St Charles Golf and Country Club. Between 1961 and 1972 he won eight tournaments on the PGA Tour. He won the Canadian PGA Championship five times and won the World Cup of Golf with Al Balding in 1968. - Corey Koskie
Cordel Leonard "Corey" Koskie (born June 28, 1973 in Anola, Manitoba, Canada) is a Major League Baseball player currently with the Milwaukee Brewers. He is notable for being one of the most prominent Canadian baseball players currently playing. The third baseman bats left-handed and throws right-handed. Koskie was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 26th round of the 1994 amateur draft and subsequently made his Major League debut on September 9, 1998. - Vicki Keith
Vicki Keith, C.M., O.Ont. (born 26 February, 1961 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a retired Canadian marathon swimmer. She currently holds 16 world records and has received over 41 honours and awards, having crossed many of the world's most challenging bodies of water. To date, she has raised over $1 million CAD to help children with physical disabilities. - Ron Hextall
Ron Hextall (born May 3, 1964 in Brandon, Manitoba) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender most often associated with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League. He is the grandson of Hall-of-Famer Bryan Hextall, the son of former NHL player Bryan Hextall Jr and nephew of former NHL player Dennis Hextall. - Anil Kaul
Anil Kaul (born December 25, 1964 in Amritsar, India) is a retired male badminton player from Canada, who won the gold medal in the inaugural men's doubles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games. He did so alongside Iain Sydie. A resident of Victoria, Manitoba, he represented Canada at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. - Don Callis
Don Callis is a Canadian former professional wrestler and manager, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling as color commentator Cyrus the Virus. - Susan Auch
Susan Auch (born March 1, 1966 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian speed-skater and five-time Olympian who trained initially out of Winnipeg, and later in Calgary, Alberta. Auch competed in several Winter Olympics games, winning the bronze in the 3000 m. relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, and the silver in the 500 m. events at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway and the 1998 games at Nagano, Japan. - Shannon Rempel
Shannon Rempel (born on November 26, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian speed skater. Most notably, Rempel is known for her win as the 2003 World Junior Speed Skating Championships and participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics which won her team a silver in the team pursuit. Rempel was a silver medalist in the 1000m at the 2004 World Cup in Harbin, China. In 2004 she was a silver medalist at the World Junior Championships and in 2003 she was a World Junior Champion. - Duncan Keith
Duncan Keith (born July 16, 1983 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian ice hockey player who plays for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. - Scott Smith
Scott Smith (born on August 13, 1972 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a former field hockey player from Canada, who earned his first senior cap for the Men's National Team in India in 1995. The ex-resident of Boston, United States who was working as a NCAA Field Hockey Coach. - Angela Chalmers
Angela Chalmers (born September 6, 1963 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada) is a retired Canadian track and field athlete who competed in the 1500 m and 3000 m. She is best known for finishing third in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain where she finished behind two athletes representing the Commonwealth of Independent States, Yelena Romanova and Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh. She first appeared on the international stage in 1985 in Kobe, … - Mike Ireland
Michael ("Mike") Ireland (born 3 January 1974 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a long track speed skater. Mike Ireland specialises in the sprint distances (the 500 m and the 1,000 m). He participated in the 500 m at the 1994 Winter Olympics (finishing 26th), the 500 m (6th) and 1,000 m (14th) at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 500 m (7th) at the 2006 Winter Olympics. - Les Lear
Leslie Lear (born on August 22, 1918 in Grafton, North Dakota, United States) is a former National Football League and Canadian Football League player. He grew up in Manitoba, Canada, where he played guard at the University of Manitoba. Lear started his professional football career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League and helped the team to two Grey Cup victories. - Turk Broda
Walter Edward "Turk" Broda (May 15, 1914 - October 17, 1972) was a former ice hockey goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was born in Brandon, Manitoba on May 15, 1914 to a Ukrainian-Canadian family. He joined the Maple Leafs in 1936. In 1941 he won the Vezina Trophy and was be selected to be on the All Star Team. The next year Broda had another great season leading Toronto to a Stanley Cup and being selected on the second all- Star team. - Israel Idonije
Israel Idonije (born November 17, 1980 in Lagos, Nigeria, later immigrated with his family to Brandon, Manitoba) is a Canadian defensive tackle for the National Football League's Chicago Bears. He was signed as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Manitoba. A draft pick of the now defunct Ottawa Renegades of the Canadian Football League, for whom he never played for, "Izzy" (as he is affectionately referred to by his teamates), … - Glen Hanlon
Glen A. Hanlon (born February 20, 1957 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian former National Hockey League goaltender and current head coach. Hanlon is currently head coach of the Washington Capitals. He was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft, in the third round (40th overall pick). He has played for the Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings. He has also played in the WCHL, Central Hockey League, … - Troy Westwood
Troy Westwood (born March 21, 1967) is a Canadian Football League place kicker and punter for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. After briefly playing professional soccer for the Winnipeg Fury, Westwood has been with the Bombers since the 1991 season, when he was selected 48th overall in the 6th round of the Canadian College Draft. He holds numerous club records, such as all-time scoring leader and single season scoring leader. - Bobby Clarke
Robert Earle Clarke, OC (born August 13, 1949 in Flin Flon, Manitoba), better known as Bobby Clarke, is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey center who played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Philadelphia Flyers. During his 15 season playing career, he led the Flyers to two Stanley Cups and was awarded the Hart Trophy as league MVP three times. A 1987 inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame, … - Reggie Leach
Reginald Joseph Leach (born 23 April, 1950 in Riverton, Manitoba, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey winger who played in the NHL between 1970 and 1983. - Russ Ford
Russell William Ford (born April 25, 1883 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada - died January 24, 1960 in Rockingham, NC) was a baseball pitcher during the dead-ball era of the early 1900s. He is known as the creator of the emery ball, a pitch that was thrown with a ball that had been scuffed with a piece of emery. Ford won 26 games in his rookie season of 1910, … - Frank Fredrickson
Frank Fredrickson was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Victoria Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Detroit Falcons in the National Hockey League. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Fredrickson helped lead the Canadian national men's ice hockey team to the 1920 gold medal at the Summer Olympics. He would also help Victoria win the Stanley Cup in 1925. - Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton (born July 26, 1963 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler. Stoughton is a two time Brier and one time World Championship skip. Stoughton's first national championship came in 1988 when he won the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship. He won the mixed once again in 1991. 1991 was the same year Stoughton attended his first Brier. His team of Dave Iverson, Ken Tresoor and Garry VanDenBerghe finished 6-5. Five years later, at the 1996 Labatt Brier, … - Don Duguid
Donald G. Duguid (born January 25, 1935 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian champion curler. A three-time winner of the Canadian Brier and two-time World Curling Championships champion, Duguid won the Brier in 1965, 1970 and 1971, and the Worlds in 1970 and 1971. Don Duguid was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1974 and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1991. - Dominique Bosshart
Dominique Bosshart (born October 7, 1977 in Morges, Switzerland) is a Canadian taekwondo athlete. She was Canada's only taekwondo competitor during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division (+ 67 kg). She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens but did not medal. Bosshart began studying taekwondo at age 13, at the urging of her brother. At age 15, she moved from living with her parents in Landmark, … - Jeff Powell
Jeffrey Howard Campbell Powell (born May 13, 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian rower. He began rowing in 1996 and is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. He won the gold medal at both the 2002 and 2003 world championships for Canada's men's eight team in Milan, Italy and Seville, Spain respectively. Powell is known for abstaining from all vegetables and fruit. His preferred diet is exclusively pasta and cheese, consumed in a cone. - Cathy Corino
Cathy Allison Corino (born March 31, 1977 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager, better known by her ring name, Allison Danger. - Kevin Tkachuk
Kevin Tkachuk (born on September 11, 1976 in Thompson, Manitoba) is a prop for the Canadian national rugby team and the Glasgow Warriors in the UK. After completing his studies at Oxford University he played rugby for numerous clubs, joining Glasgow in 2004. He has earned 34 caps for Canada including 5 as captain. He is 1.8m tall and weighs 115kg. Now he enjoys a good curry in the heart of Glasgow with his hill jill and Glasgow chums. - Rachel Riddell
Rachel Riddell (born September 5, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian water polo goaltender. Riddell is a student at Loyola Marymount University. She was part of the 4th place women's water polo team at the 2003 world championships in Barcelona, Spain. She was awarded best goalkeeper at the 2003 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Canada, when the Canadian team won the gold medal. - Jamie Cudmore
Jamie Cudmore (born on September 6, 1978 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian rugby player. He has played a total of 16 games for Canada, including at the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He played at ASM Clermont Auvergne and is nicknamed 'Cuddles' by his team mates. - Jaimie Dawson
Jaimie Dawson (born July 28, 1969 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a badminton player from Canada, who won the gold medal in the inaugural men's singles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games. A resident of Winnipeg, Manitoba, he represented Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics. - Shayna Nackoney
Shayna Nackoney (born April 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian synchronized swimmer. She began synchronized swimming in 1989. She won a bronze medal at the team event at the 2001 world championships in Fukuoka, Japan. - Todd MacCulloch
Todd Carlyle MacCulloch (born January 27 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian former professional basketball player in the NBA. A Winnipeg, Manitoba native, the 7'0", 280 lb (2.13 m, 125 kg) center played four seasons in the NBA before being forced to retire prematurely due to a genetic neuromuscular disorder that affected his feet, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. In his first two seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, MacCulloch played reserve center, … - Alexander Steen
Alexander Steen (born March 1, 1984, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League of Swedish and Canadian background. Steen is a centre and wears number 10 on the Toronto Maple Leafs. Internationally, Alexander represents Sweden. His father is former Winnipeg Jets star Thomas Steen, a forward who scored 817 points in 950 NHL games between 1981 and 1995. Alexander has three siblings: Cassandra, Hamilton, and Amadeus. - Mike Keane
Michael "Mike" Keane (born May 29, 1967 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Manitoba Moose in the American Hockey League (AHL) as of January 29, 2007. Mike Keane signed as a free agent on the 25th of September, 1985, with the Montreal Canadiens and started his NHL career in 1988. He spent 8 seasons in Montreal and was captain of the team from April 1995 to December 1995. - Dennis Hextall
Dennis Hextall (Born April 17, 1943 in Poplar Point, Manitoba) was a professional hockey forward who spent most of his career with the Minnesota North Stars and Detroit Red Wings. He is the son of Bryan Hextall, brother of Bryan Hextall Jr, and uncle of the 1987 Conn Smythe Trophy winner goalie Ron Hextall. Dennis played two years at the University of North Dakota followed by brief stints in the EHL, CSHL, and American Hockey League.
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